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Decoy: Blue Heron
19th Century40 1/2 x 38 3/4 in. (102.9 x 98.4 cm)
American artist
United States
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Wood and paint
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1954.31.2a-b
Location: Not currently on view
Provenance
Private collector, Woodstock, NY; Willard Gallery, New York, NY; purchased by the Gallery in 1954
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Early American Folk Art 9/28/1953 - 10/18/1953
- Early American Folk Sculpture, 1760-1860 10/7/1955 - 10/30/1955
- Early American Sculpture Museum of Early American Folk Arts 9/17/1964 - 11/30/1964
- The American Image 9/18/1964 - 12/31/1964
- The Flowering of American Folk Art, (1776-1876) Whitney Museum of American Art 2/1/1974 - 9/15/1974
- Folk Sculpture USA The Brooklyn Museum 3/6/1976 - 8/29/1976
- Of a Feather: Audubon and Fuertes Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art 7/1/1994 - 8/21/1994
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Robert Bishop. American Folk Sculpture. New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1974.
- Article Author: Kangas, Gene. Article Title: Rootheads & Knotheads. Article Scope: Reproduction only. North American Decoys: Wildfowl Carvers and Collectors News. Spanish Fork, UT: Hillcrest Publications, Inc. Issue Date: Winter 1976. Figure Number: 28
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Robert L. Polley, ed. America's Folk Art: Treasures of American Folk Arts and Crafts in Distinguished Museums and Collections. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968.
- Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Adele Earnest. The Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carvings. New York, NY: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1965.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Jean Lipman. The Flowering of American Folk Art, (1776-1876). New York, NY: Viking Press, 1974.
- Article Scope: Entry. Herbert W. Hemphill, Jr., ed. Folk Sculpture USA. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, 1976.
- Upstate Magazine.
- Adele Earnest. Folk Art In America: A Personal View. Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
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